Power ranking all 30 MLB uniforms

15. San Francisco Giants

When the Giants and Dodgers ditched New York City for the California sunshine, they were left with an interesting choice — rebrand themselves for life on the West Coast or try their best to act like they hadn’t abandoned thousands of fans in their original NYC neighborhoods. Both teams elected to make almost no changes to their brand. The Dodgers stayed the Dodgers with blue and white uniforms and the Giants stayed the Giants with black and orange colors.

Some teams that move across the country and refuse to change their names and colors (Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz, Tennessee Oilers, even the Dodgers to an extent) should probably have found new names. The Giants name works just fine in San Francisco because it’s generic enough to work in any city. Black and orange also work well in any city as baseball colors. It’s only coincidental that the original San Francisco Seals baseball team wore similar colors (although let’s all agree it would be much cooler if the Giants had switched to the Seals and rocked their awesome hats).

The black lettering across the front of the Giants jerseys is bold and the orange backing is wide enough to be easily visible. The intertwined “SF” on the hats is similar to the original New York logo but still works. Overall, I’m not the biggest fan of intertwined city letters on MLB hats, but there isn’t much else to do with two-word city names like San Francisco, St. Louis, San Diego and New York.

The Giants are one of the few teams in the league to leave player names off their home jerseys in a shoutout to their long history. Their home jerseys also appear to be white to the untrained eye but are actually cream colored. It’s just a little bit different and a well-executed look.